Monday, January 24, 2011

Batting

I finally ordered myself a big huge roll of queen sized (Warm and White) batting. It was sitting by our door in its huge box while my son had a friend over. I overheard his friend ask, “what’s in that big box?” To which Ben replied, “Its quilt stuff. My Mom makes a lot of quilts cause our house is really cold.”

ROFL !! Aren't kids the greatest!And I thought that I was stocking up on batting....I think I bought about 10 yards! Very good! although I am not sure that I would have any room to move in my sewing room with this in there LOL

I started buying this brand by the box from Hancock's with my coupons. When I empty the roll, I keep the cardboard roll as a trophy of sorts. One day I might think of a way to use them. I keep the empty spools of thread too -- is this the sign of a horder????? Or someone crafty with a project waiting to be designed?

I've been looking at rolls of batting. Now that I'm retired I have more time to quilt and less money. So it makes sense to me...buy a roll! I agree with "byeneedleandthread", where would I store it? Thanks for sharing! Toni

I have a roll of this too! I keep an envelope in w/ my batting and every time I use some, I 'buy ' it and stick the $$ in the envelope ~ that way, when the roll is empty, I'll have the money to buy another one :-) I also can sell to friends, so they don't have to pay ridiculous prices either.

I, too, am dying to know where you store it, how much it costs, and how much batting is on the roll? I have toyed with the idea of getting a roll like that but those have been my worries. Well, mainly the storage issue. I wish I had friends that would want to go in with me on one. All my quilting friends are in my computer.

Such a cute comment from you little guy. I have the room to store it, and would love to find a source in Canada if anyone knows. Lucky you to not have to keep treking out for more and worrying about buying too small a piece.